''Socialist Outlook'' was the name of two publications edited by supporters of the

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''Socialist Outlook (1948–1954)''

The first ''Socialist Outlook'' was the name of the

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

published by the Socialist Fellowship from December 1948 until 1954. For much of that period, it was edited by John Lawrence and was formally published by an association of

left wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

members of the Labour Party. The paper's editorial policy was controlled by a group around

Gerry Healy Thomas Gerard Healy (3 December 1913 – 14 December 1989) was a political activist, a co-founder of the International Committee of the Fourth International and the leader of the Socialist Labour League and later the Workers Revolutionary Part ...

. This

Trotskyist Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Ukrainian-Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and some other members of the Left Opposition and Fourth International. Trotsky self-identified as an orthodox Marxist, a rev ...

group was privately known as The Club. ''Socialist Outlook'' was banned by the Labour Party's National Executive Committee in late 1954 and soon expired. ''The Club'' moved to selling ''

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'' instead.

''Socialist Outlook (1987–2009)''

The second ''Socialist Outlook'' was the publication of the

International Socialist Group The International Socialist Group (ISG) was a Trotskyist organisation in Britain. It was the British section of the Fourth International (Post-Reunification), Fourth International (FI) until 2009 when it dissolved into Socialist Resistance. ...

, the

organisation which was the British section of the

between 1987 and 2009. Launched as a bi-monthly magazine in May 1987, the title ''Socialist Outlook'' was partly selected because, at that time, most of the ISG's members were also active in the Labour Party. It was published as a fortnightly newspaper between 1992 and 2002. It was then a quarterly magazine and used the . 'Socialist Outlook' was used as the electoral name of the International Socialist Group when it stood four candidates as part of the Socialist Alliance in the 2001 general electio

The candidates ran in Lambeth and Southwalk, Bristol, North Tyneside and Oxford East.

External links

Socialist Outlook webpage

Archive site of the pre-2003 newspaper

Account
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